Definition of Poult

1. n. A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like.

Definition of Poult

1. Noun. A young table-bird: turkey, partridge, grouse etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poult

1. a young domestic fowl [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poult

pouldavis
poulder
poulders
pouldre
pouldres
pouldron
pouldrons
poule
poules
poulet
poulette
poulp
poulpe
poulpes
poulps
poult (current term)
poulter
poulter's measure
poulterer
poulterers
poulters
poultice
poulticed
poulticelike
poultices
poulticing
poultries
poultry
poultryman
poultrymen

Literary usage of Poult

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"It is described as unequal; — the pulsations not being alike in force, and still less the intervals. PULSE, HEPAT'IC, (F.) poult d« Fuir. ..."

2. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1888)
"game on these hills, call'd the black grous and the heath-poult. The cock is black with white feathers in the tail, as large as a hen; the hen, ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"poult, poultry; see Pool (2). Pounce (i), to dart on; see Pungent. Pounce (2), fine powder ; see Spume. Pound (2), an enclosure for strayed cattle. ..."

4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon (1869)
"... passed into the cutter-heads at the bottom of the shaft; the latter is furnished with a gimlet-poult, to facilitate its entrance into the earth. Fig. ..."

5. England's Gazetteer: Or, An Accurate Description of All the Cities, Towns by Stephen Whatley (1751)
"... and afterwards to the poult- neys, of whom Sir John, a native of this place, was bred in London, and four times its Ld.-mayor, ..."

6. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"poult, pou'tf A young chicken, particularly of a turkey. poultERER, p&l'-tér.ùr. f. ... poult ..."

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